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If you are leaving to get a better salary, you can get a better deal from your current employer if you have an offer letter in hand. If you tell your boss first
by byoung2 12y ago
If you are leaving to get a better salary, you can get a better deal from your current employer if you have an offer letter in hand. If you tell your boss first, you might be settling for less.
- jrjarrett 12y agoI assert that by the time it's gotten to the point that you have gone out, slogged thru hundreds of job postings, had interviews, negotiated a new position, YOU'RE DONE AT YOUR OLD JOB. And there's no going back. Something had to have pushed you to do all that work to find a new position; are a few thousand more a year going to fix it? Never mind you'll forever be marked as the "one who will leave".
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoMy old manager said "Nobody quits for money; people quit because they're unhappy" and I think its largely true.
- flndr 12y agoI quit for $20k more than I was making. The extra $20k made me pretty happy.
- byoung2 12y agoI assert that by the time it's gotten to the point that you have gone out, slogged thru hundreds of job postings, had interviews, negotiated a new position, YOU'RE DONE AT YOUR OLD JOB. And there's no going back. I could be alone here, but I never stop looking at job postings. If I ever see something more interesting than my current job, why not explore it. Chances are you would miss the most interesting opportunities if you weren't looking 90% of the time. The best time to search for jobs and interview is when you already have a comfortable job. Then your desperation doesn't force you to take something you don't love.
- __chrismc 12y agoYou're not alone. I've been in my current job ~3.5 years - every day I've read through (and sometimes speculatively applied for) many job postings. I like my job, but that doesn't stop me keeping an eye out for something better.